ران

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See also: ڕان, ژان, and زان

Arabic

Root
ر ي ن (r y n)
1 term

Pronunciation

Verb

رَانَ (rāna) I (non-past يَرِينُ (yarīnu), verbal noun رَيْن (rayn))

  1. to take possession of
  2. to seize, to overcome (of passion or other intense emotion)
  3. to prevail (e.g. of silence)

Conjugation

References

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Noun

ران (ran)

  1. (anatomy) thigh

Persian

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Alternative forms

  • رون (run) (colloquial Iranian)

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? rān
Dari reading? rān
Iranian reading? rân
Tajik reading? ron

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian (lʾn' /⁠rān⁠/, thigh), from Proto-Iranian *hrā́nah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *srā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *srḗn-s.

Noun

Dari ران
Iranian Persian
Tajik рон

ران (rân) (plural ران‌ها (rân-hâ))

  1. thigh
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:
      ستبرست بازوت چون ران شیر
      برو یال چون اژدهای دلیر
      sitabr ast bāzū-t čūn rān-e šēr
      bar u yāl čūn aždahā-yi dalēr
      Your upper arm is stout like the lion's thigh,
      Your chest and mane like a valiant dragon.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
Descendants
  • Bengali: রান (ran)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: रान (rān)
    Urdu: ران (rān)

Etymology 2

Verb

ران (rân)

  1. present stem form of راندن (rândan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ران (rān).

Pronunciation

Noun

ران (rānf (Hindi spelling रान)

  1. thigh